Tag: iconic
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Review: Christina Aguilera – Christmas in Paris
“Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris” is the superstar’s new album and her first live one released alongside a live concert film for the holiday season. Read my review of this as she brings back memories from her “My Kind of Christmas” album back in 2000 and reimagines several other Xmas…
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Theatre Review: 13 Going on 30 the musical
“13 Going on 30” is the latest in a long line of so-called romcom chick flicks from 20+ years ago to get the musical makeover treatment. It might bring back early 2000s feel-good nostalgia, but do the previews of this premiere new show in Manchester’s Opera House have what it…
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Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels: the issues with Asian representation
Lucy Liu’s co-starring role in the first two Charlie’s Angels films was seen as a breakthrough for Asian American representation on the big screen. But how good was the actual representation? This blog post explores that more.
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World Theatre Day: 18 musicals on Tan’s Topics – RANKED
If you follow me here at Tan’s Topics, you will know I am an avid theatre fan, especially musical theatre. For this year’s World Theatre Day (27th March annually), I have decided to rank all the musicals I have so far reviewed or mentioned in some capacity in this one…
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Theatre Review: The Mousetrap (70th anniversary tour)
It’s been going strong for 70 years, had nearly 29,000 performances and more than 10 million audience members, so why hadn’t I seen Agatha Christie’s murder mystery play “The Mousetrap” before? But more importantly, what did I think of it? Read my review of it here.
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Theatre Review: The Lion King in Manchester
Its animated film is one of the high-grossing of all-time, but the stage adaptation of “The Lion King” is the highest-grossing and the second most-watched musical of all time. Now the global phenomenon is finally touring the UK again after years of anticipation. Read my full review of this roaring…
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Theatre Review: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
One of the most iconic Disney villains of all time, Ursula the sea witch, finally gets to tell us her side of the story in this funny and filthy musical parody by Fat Rascal Theatre.
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Concert Review: Christina Aguilera in Liverpool
Three years after the long-awaited return of performing in the UK (or anywhere really) with “The X Tour” in 2019, Christina Aguilera is back again to promote her new Spanish-language album “Aguilera”. Most casual fans may not have ever known about the new music but there’s no forgetting it or…
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My Top 10 favourite LGBTQ anthems by Christina Aguilera
As we bow out Pride Month, much has gone on in the world surrounding LGBTQ issues and rights to reflect upon. But as ever, gay icon Christina Aguilera also reaffirmed her support for the community with her jaw-dropping performance at LA Pride. To commemorate and thank her for said support,…
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Theatre Review: The Cher Show
Cher is a unique, inimitable superstar. And after living through seven decades she has certainly had an interesting life – one that is now being told through a jukebox musical. But does “The Cher Show” bring the icon’s life, career and eccentric personality to the stage faithfully and with sincerity…
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